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Example sentences for "catch the"

  • The nautilus is nothing but a transparent web of jelly that spreads itself to catch the wind, and has fleshy-looking strings a foot or two long dangling from it to keep it steady in the water.

  • And he went up and down among the lions, and became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

  • And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

  • He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: so catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

  • Pulling out a large nickel watch and observing that they had just time to catch the train, he locked up his shop, and they set out together for the station.

  • Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

  • It shows itself by its eagerness to catch the notice of others.

  • The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.

  • If she had gone to the admiral's, no choice would be left him but to follow the coach, to catch the train by which she traveled, and to outstrip her afterward on the drive from the station in Essex to St. Crux.

  • In vain Edith surveyed the rooms to catch the form of that being, whom for a moment she had never ceased to cherish and muse over.

  • Lord Eskdale and Mr. Ormsby took care not to catch the eye of Mr. Rigby.

  • Her heart beat in tumult; she dreaded to catch the eye of that very individual whom she was so anxious to meet.

  • How much I should like to catch the deer at sunset on the heights!

  • On every tree and bush you will catch the water- drops napping, in the form of tiny crystals; while the fountain looks like a tree of glass with long down-hanging pointed leaves.

  • In all these flowers the top petal stands up like a flag to catch the eye of the insect, and for this reason botanists call it the "standard".

  • This concha makes a curve much like the curve a deaf man makes with his hand behind his ear to catch the sound.

  • There are no flowers in the windows to catch the sunlight.

  • If the huntsman sees this there is some hard language used, for if the otter chance to catch the hand, he might so crush and mangle it that it would be useless for life.

  • Sparingly dispersed, the snow can be seen falling far ahead between the trunks; indeed, the white dots appear to increase the distance the eye can penetrate; it sees farther because there is something to catch the glance.

  • When they had sat in silence for some time, the two old women rose from the bed, and crouching over the fire, held out their withered hands to catch the heat.

  • No, no,' replied the matron, inclining her head to catch the words, as they came more faintly from the dying woman.

  • He saw that Danny was trying to make himself heard and he leaned forward to catch the fellow's words, when suddenly the impossible happened.

  • Still laughing, he bent his head as if to catch the girl's answer.

  • You've more than repaid--" Rouletta paused, she strained her ears to catch the sound of voices from the neighboring tents.

  • Never more will Rustum Beg Play to catch the Viceroy's eye.

  • As the day wore on, the inhabitants began to appear in full strength to catch the rays of the afternoon sun, which were now sloping in at the mouth of the crater.

  • Suppressing my first impulse to catch the man by the neck and throw him on to the quicksand, I rose sullenly and followed him to the platform below the burrows.

  • Bombay and went back to catch the train to Town, there were many people in it crying.

  • Temple bade--me 'catch the disc--that was English enough.

  • It sounds to me like the name of one of those blackguard adventurers who creep into families to catch the fools,' pursued the squire, not hearing me with his eyes.

  • Missy sighed, and tilted back the dresser mirror so as to catch the swing of skirt about her shoe-tops.

  • She could only smile at him, tremulously--and be sure the Irishman did not fail to catch the smile.

  • And if you had to catch the eight o'clock train to Melbourne I believe you'd rather get up at three in the morning and run up the horses to drive in, than leave here comfortably in the car at seven.

  • She held up her hand desperately, trying to catch the driver's eye.

  • Rising from his place he tried vainly to catch the Chairman's attention.

  • Maitland rushed her right away in his car to catch the midnight to Toronto.

  • Patricia's quick ears were the first to catch the sound.

  • You couldn't be expected to catch the full, fine flavour of it.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "catch the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but according; catch fish; catch him; catch them; catches sight; catching cold; catching fish; catching hold; catching sight; cinchona bark; conclude that; dearest father; disposed persons; eighteen guns; great length; half share; one years; other object; quiet tone; reveals himself; save their; scarlet cloth; sin and; since that; whole force; will bring